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Godphobia is a death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2019 and delivering crushing death metal from the Swedish capital. The project adds to Stockholm's deep well of death metal talent.
GodPuppet is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Nordhorn/Lingen area in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015, combining Scandinavian-style melodeath with thrash metal intensity. The band operates near the Dutch border in northwestern Germany.
Emerging from Salinas in 2012, Gods in Graves pull from black, death, and doom metal in equal measure — weaving cold tremolo runs through cavernous low-end and suffocating atmosphere. The result is something genuinely sepulchral.
Gods of Ancient is a four-piece death/doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2021 and self-described as dealing in "krushing death/doom." Their 2022 full-length Historia Mali Et Lucis features artwork adapted from Albrecht Durer's Knight, Death and the Devil, and was recorded at Mrdr Sound Studios.
Gods of Gaia is a symphonic death metal project from Germany, formed in 2024, merging symphonic orchestration with death metal's aggression in a dramatic, cinematic approach. The project is among the newest entries in the German symphonic extreme metal scene.
Santa Fe's Gods of War balance melodic hooks against death metal's heavier instincts, threading cinematic lead work through the kind of rhythmic punishment the genre demands. Active since 2009, they've carved a distinctive niche in the New Mexico scene.
Godscream is a death metal band from Kaluga, Russia, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of uncompromising death metal from central Russia. The project channels relentless brutality.
Godsentus are a death metal band from St. Pölten, Lower Austria, operating in the Austrian extreme metal underground as an independent act. Their Bandcamp presence confirms their activity in the local scene, though they have maintained a low profile outside of regional metal circles.
One-man brutal death metal and deathcore project of Tijn Bosters from 's-Hertogenbosch, evolving from deathcore origins toward an avant-garde, experimental approach to brutality. Lyrically fixated on religious history, crusades, and ancient battles, the project handles all instrumentation and production in-house.
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